1. Deutschland

2. A Map of Europe

3. A Map of Germany

4. The Official Name of Germany
Auf Deutsch = Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Auf Englisch = Federal Republic of Germany
Abbreviation for Germany = DE

5. Germany’s Coat of Arms
Reintroduction of the Coat of Arms from the Weimar Republic ( )
Adopted from the Coat of Arms from the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries

6. Germany’s Population
2010 estimate = 81, 799, 600 people

7. Official Language of Germany
German! (DUH!)
Other German-speaking countries in Europe:
Austria (Österreich)
Switzerland (die Schweiz)
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein

8. The Cologne Cathedral on the Rhine River
Religion in Germany
Largest religion = Christianity
51.5 million followers
30% = Catholics
30% = Protestants --> Evangelicals
Rest = belong to smaller denominations
Protestantism = concentrated in the north and east
Catholicism = concentrated in the south and west
The Cologne Cathedral on the Rhine River

9. The European Union Germany is a member of the EU (European Union)
Member since 2002
EU = an economic and political union in Europe
27 total members

10. The Euro
Germany’s currency
Used by all members of the EU

11. Members of the European Union

12. Germany’s Old Money = the Deutsche Mark

13. Key Terms for German Geography
Country = das Land
State = das Bundesland
States (plural) = die Bundesländer
Capital = die Hauptstadt
City = die Stadt
Population = die Einwohnerzahl
Area = die Fläche

14. Die Bundesländer Germany has 16 states
3 of these are city-states: Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg

15. Die Bundesländer Auf Deutsch Auf English Coat of Arms Badenwürrtemberg
German Abbreviation
Coat of Arms
Badenwürrtemberg
Same BW
Bayern
Bavaria BY
Berlin BE
Brandenburg BB

16. Die Bundesländer Auf Deutsch Auf English Coat of Arms
German Abbreviation
Coat of Arms
Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Bremen HB
Hamburg
Same HH
Hessen
Hesse HE
Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern MV

17. Die Bundesländer Auf Deutsch Auf English Coat of Arms Niedersachsen
German Abbreviation
Coat of Arms
Niedersachsen
Lower Saxony NI
Nordrhein-
Westfalen
North Rhine-
Westphalia NW
Rheinland-
Pfalz
Rhineland-
Palatinate RP
Saarland
Same SL

18. Die Bundesländer Auf Deutsch Auf English Coat of Arms Sachsen Saxony
German Abbreviation
Coat of Arms
Sachsen
Saxony SN
Sachsen-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ST
Schleswig-Holstein
Same SH
Thüringen
Thuringia TH

19. Die Hauptstadt von Deutschland
BERLIN!
Germany’s largest city
3.45 million people

20. What’s with Bonn?
Used to be the capital of West Germany from
After WWII, Germany was divided into two countries: West Germany (democratic) and East Germany (communist)
Germany was reunified in 1990
Was the official seat of Germany’s government until 1999